West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1887-11-03
FORGIVENESS.
DIR, TALMAGE'S SUNDAY SERMON
The Advantages Arising from Good
Temper.


What n pillow embroidered of all colors
hath the dying day. The cradle OF clouds
from which the sun rises is beautiful enough
but 1t is surpassed by the many colored
mausoleum in which at evening il is buried.
Sunset among the mountainsl Ii almost
takes ones breath away 10 recall the scene
The long shadows stretching over the plain
made the glory of the departing light on the
tiptop crags and struck aslant through the
foliage the more transpicuous Saffron and
gold, purple and crimson commingIed Ali
the castles OF cloud i'm conhagration Burn.
ing Moscows on the sky. Hanging gardens
oil roses at their deepe It bush. Banners of
NSSpporS, red as IL from carnage, in the battle
oil the elements. The hunter among the Adj
rondacks and the Swiss villager among the
Alps Know what is n sunset among the
mountains. After storm at sea the roll
ing grandeur INTO which tho sun goes down
TO battle at nightfall is something TO make
weird and splendid dreams out of for a
lifetime. Alex ander Smith in his poem COM
Pares the sunset TO the barren beach OF hell -
ouC TINS wondeltul spectacle Of nature makes
me thlnk OF the FURNISHED wall of heaven
Paul In prison writing my text remember
some OF the gorgeous sunsets among the
mountains OF Asia Minor and how he had
oLteh seen the towers of Damascus blaze in
the close OF the Oriental days, and he flashes
out that memory i'm tho text when he saws:
Let not the sun go down upon your wrath 50
-, sublime and all suggestive duty for people
.nen ana people now. forgiveness before
indignation is imbecile He who can walk
among the iniustces OF the world, inflicted
upon himself and others, without flush of
cnees or Hash OF eye or agitation of nature,
IS elther IN sympathy with wrong or semi
idlotic. When Ananias, the high priest or
uered the constables of the court room To
Smite faul in the mouth, Panl fired up and
SAD: God shall smite thee, thou whited
wall In the sentence Immediately before
my text Paul commands the Ephesians: URe
ye angry and sin not.n II all depends ON
what you are mad at, and how long the feel
ing lasts whether anger is right or wrong.
LIE is nun OF exasperatons. Saul after
David, Succoth after Gideon Kornh ofter
Moses, the Iasquins after Augustus the
fharisees after Christ and every ono has had
ms Pnrsuers, and we are swindled or beed or
mlsrepresented or prosecuted or in some way
wronged, and the danger is that heaItbfnI
Indignation shall become baleful spite and
that our feelings settle down into n nro
5onged outpouring of temper displeasing to
Tod and ruinous to ourselves, and hence the
important injunction of the text: ''Iet not
tine sun go down upon your wrath -
=, why that Limitation TO ones angerl WHY
that period OF flaming vapor set to punctuate
Halnlng dispositions What has the sunset
got TO do with ones resentful emotionsl Was
IL haphazard sentiment written by Paul
without special significancel No, no; think
OF hve reasons why we should not let the
sun set before our temper sets
First, because twelve hours is LONG enonob
10 be cross about any wrong inflicted upon
US Nothing Is so exhausting TO Dhvs,caI
health or mental faculty as protracted in
uulgence Oh III humor. IL racks the nervous
system. IL hurts the digestion it heats the
blood in brain and heart until the whole bodv
is flrst overheated and then depressed. re-
slGe tnat 1T sours the disposition, turns one
aslIe from ms legitimate work, eXpends en-
ergleS that ought TO be better employed md
does us more harm than it does our ant1go
INST Paul gives us a good, wide al
tkoWance OF time for legitimate denunciation.
IroiH o'clock TO o'clock, but says: 'Stop
theref" Watch the descending orb OF dav and
when it reaches the horizon take n reef i'm vonI.
uISposlilon Unloose your collar and cool
on; Change the subject to sometbing de-
nghtIuily pleasant. Unroll your tighs fist
the fires at the curfew bell. Drive the
growing dog of enmity back to its Kennel
The hours of this morning will pas; bv and
the afternoon viii arrive. and the sun will
begin 70 set, and bey Won on its blayinr-
hea TN throw all your feuds. invectiyes ana
satires "i'u
Other things being equal the man who pre.
serves good temper will come ont ahead. An
old esSayist says that the celebrated Jcb,,
henderson, of Bristol, England, was at a
aining party where political exitement ran
nigh and the debate got angry. aud yybila
henderson was speaking his opponent Pm
a az 70 answer his argument, dished a glass
OIL wine in his face, when the sneaker deiiber-
ateiy wiped the liquid from his face and said.
rms sir, IS depression now. IL Won pleasa
TOT the main argument" While worldly
philosophy could help but very few 10 such
equipoise of spirit, the grace of God could
help any man to such n triumph. "Im.
poSIoleI" you say, II would have either
left the table in anger or have knocLed
she man down" But l have come to
believe that nothing is impossible. IL God
help me, since Whit / saw at Beth shan
Ialth cure In London, England two aim
mers ago. While the religions service vyos
gong on Rev DR.. Boardman, glorious man.
since gone 10 his heavenly rest. was feline
the score Of sick people present that C,brief
was there as Of old to heal all diseases and
that, IL they would only believe their siclr-
ness would depart. saw a woman near me
with hand and arm twisted OF rhetlmatigp'
ana ner wrist was fiery with inflammation
ana 1t looked like those cases of chronic
rheumatism which we have all seen and sym.
Pnthized with, cases beyond all human heal
ing. AT tho preachers reiteration of the
words; "Wil you believer Do Won beiievey
10 you believe nowT / heard this poor sick
woman WOMAN say, with an emphasis which sounded
through the building: ~ do believe And
then she laid her twisted arm and hand ont nc
9ualght as your arm and hand or mine II
\ had seen one rise from the dead I would not
nave been much more thrilled. Since then
believe that God will do anything in an.
swef 70 our prayer and in answer to our
IalJh, and can heal our bodies. and if our
soul IS al twisted and misshapeu of revere,e
ana nate and iniinmet with sinful proelivitv.
~ 5llLtil tuhl also ana make it well
sllu cream Aye, YOU viii not postpone tim
hundOWn forgiveness Of enemies IN Won can
!eaiile mat their behavior toward YOU NAV
be put into the catalogue Of the Cali tnino;-
tnat work together for good 20 thoss that
,,OIe God have had multitudes o. frienIs
Dut j. nave found in my own experience
that God o arranged DC that tho greatest
oppoftunite5 Of usefulness that have leon
ofnel before mo We're oTouod Dog INV enemies
2hd Wheu, years ago. they c0usci~ad aaaiust
Dle that opened all Christenlom to rn, nj IN
heId in which ~ preach the GOSPEL So Won
may harness your antagonists 81 your best
hieFts ts nnd compel them 10 draw Won 0n ID
peter work and higher cdaractar suYuo.e
instead ~ waiting until sic minutes u1 n five
ooip. 3 tnls eFeninr when tic sun will raf.
ness before meridian
Again. we OuZht not 3D. Dot the sun GO, dover,
ON our wrath. because we will s'esp batter III
we are NJ peace with cvcrvtotv Tus,,.1ri7
Is gotunB u l'e ono of the most prevalent of
disorderz How few people retire NJ 10
O'Clock at night and sleep clear through tod
m tne morning. To relieve this di.l.,,i,r
narc1tics and sedotivos and choral ord
Woiuide Ot potassium. aud cocnira and iu
blhioHnt5 ore use1 but nothing t. more fpl.
ppfLahb than qn.et spirit if we would win
roinngience. How is % man goiug h. eIear
Wnen De B in mind pursuing au onemvs Wfb
Whhb nervous tWitc1 le VIII start out III "a
Heali mat new plan Tor corncring
Ila zoe VIII Keep hIm wide awake ,vbf.a
the clock strikes 30. b.. 2.af eIe.
you ar uufailing pre,crIpf ON for grokff1I
ness spend tho evening hours rehc9r..ng
your wrong. and the ieet way Of a..uy.r7
LNeuI Hold m convention rf frt.rr. ~. .I...